The pneumoconioses

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 116-120

  Tsai, Willis ^a   Keith, W ^a   Morgan, C ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE;

ASBESTOSIS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; COAL MINING; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MESOTHELIOMA; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SILICOSIS;

ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOSIS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; COAL MINING; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESOTHELIOMA; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0030089553     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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